Changing It Up

So today I left work a little bit later than planned and whoa did it make a difference.  I ended up getting up to the University of Memphis' track a little after 6.  Holy crap, there were so.many.people. Jeez.  I did one lap and could feel my legs protesting the walk.  I stopped to do more stretches and looked around at the nearly 20 people on the track and what looked like a hoard of professional runners about to take off-and by hoard I mean like 30 people.  After chugging some water, I decided that I would take my run elsewhere.  I parked my car at the rec center on campus and finished my mile there.

After today, I decided that I am going to stick to the runs in the neighborhood.  There is something about the runs that I do without the dogs and on the track that I end up not feeling the exhilaration that I get with the neighborhood runs.  I am able to do more distance and able to go straight into the air conditioning instead of a super hot car.

I am also adding jumping jacks and some jump rope action into the routine this week.  Next week will also start the training for the 4 miler in Cooper Young in September which will include lunges with my 5 pound weights along with measurements to track overall body improvement.

Lessons Learned:

• Track running is not for me
• Stretch.stretch.stretch
• Running with music helps wonderfully

Stats:

• Walk 1 with Shelly: 
• Total distance: 1.1 miles
• Total time: 22:30
• Mile time: 20:21
• Calories Burned: 136
• Walk 2 on Track/Rec Center:
• Total distance: 1.04 miles
• Total time: 20:03
• Mile time: 18:54
• Calories burned: 136